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Attracting foreign direct investment is not just about maximizing incentives for <\/strong>investors<\/strong>, Mohamed Abdel Shafie Eissa writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. He argues that there are four ingredients in any bid to attract FDI: economic conditions, including the availability of labor and raw materials; the overall environment and ease of doing business; political alliances between countries; and investors\u2019 current and previous experiences. Eissa says these factors must be shaped in our interest before the state resorts to handing out incentives such as tax breaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attracting foreign direct investment is not just about maximizing incentives for investors, Mohamed Abdel Shafie Eissa writes for Al Shorouk. 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